Of course, in the next few days, Yang Zhen, who had decided to send troops, was even more busy. During the day, he met non-stop with various generals under his command who had completed the expansion, including reporting for settlement from Anton Fort to Zhenjiang Fort south.

The enemies of the military expansion matter must come first, and at night, they take turns doing various explanations and appeasements in the backyard.

Qiu Bi first reported to Yang Zhen the situation in Antonburg, Tieshan, Dingzhou and Anzhou.

After more than half a year of hard work, the new headquarters of the Anton Regiment, Anton Fort, was finally completed based on the Zhenjiang Mountain.

Although the various government offices, libraries, barracks, warehouses and other residential buildings in the city need to be further constructed, the most important city defense works such as city walls, forts and barbicans have been completed.

With the continuous use of large quantities of cement concrete, the construction speed of the new Anton Castle is far faster than that of other castles in the past.

Correspondingly, Anzhou General Yang Zhan'ao, Dingzhou guerrilla Deng En, and Tieshan garrison Yang Dagui, who had already taken up their posts, also completed the task of recruiting and expanding the army after accepting and settling a large number of immigrants.

Construction work on the garrison fortifications was started.

The news brought by Qiu Bixian eliminated Yang Zhen's last worries about sending troops to the Japanese slave country.

With a strong city and fortress, close to the coast, and with naval advantages, even after Yang Zhen sent troops to the Japanese slave country, the Qing captives once again sent troops to their rear area around the mouth of the Yajiang River, the Andong regiment camp and the headquarters of its various camps.

There is also enough power to protect oneself.

At least in a short period of time, it would be impossible to be recaptured by Qing soldiers and horses.

As for the direction of Xiuyan on Jinhai East Road and the direction of Yongningbao on Jinhai North Road, Dorgon has been very quiet. It is said that now there are not even regular patrols.

Moreover, according to the information reported by Lu Pinqi on the North Road and Zu Keyong on the East Road, Dorgon is now imitating what Yang Zhen did in Jinhai Town, ordering his Han troops to reclaim wasteland, cultivate land in Gaizhou, Haizhou and other places, and boil the sea to obtain salt.

Woolen cloth!

And this news is another reason why Yang Zhen decided to take this opportunity to send troops to the Japanese Nu Kingdom.

Dorgon did this, whether it was out of imitation of the soldiers and horses in Jinhai Town who had enough food and clothing by themselves, or out of the will of Huang Taiji, the puppet emperor of the Qing Dynasty, his actions revealed a message.

That is Dorgon's army, and even the entire Qinglu country, currently has problems with the supply of food and even salt.

As for whether there is a shortage or not, Yang Zhen dare not make a judgment based on this alone, but the Qing Dynasty is definitely not rich in food and salt at the moment.

In this case, Yang Zhen was not worried that they would dare to gather an army and go south again, coming to Jinhai Town to attack strong cities like Fuzhou or Jinzhou.

In this way, after Yang Zhen sends troops, Jinhai Town's rear will basically have no worries.

The arrival of Qiu Bixian and the news he brought to Lushunkou also made Zhang Chen, Li Lu and Fang Guangchen, who were previously worried about the enemy situation in the direction of Anton Castle, feel more at ease.

Correspondingly, although the backyard of the main town house once again fell into a mood of separation, whether it was Qiu Bihan, Mrs. Jin Haibo, or the "Second Lady" Pengyu, who had already identified her concubine's identity, the "Third Lady" felt

Yue, they all just rushed to exert their strength on Yang Zhen.

For them, who knows how many months it will be before Yang Zhen comes back?

Of course, no one dares to compete with the real wife Qiu Bihan.

Including the new one, Chen Yuan, who always considered himself to be extremely talented and beautiful, although he was "married" by the emperor, after understanding the situation, he was willing to choose to remain humble in front of Mrs. Jin Haibo.

But coincidentally, less than two months after Yang Zhen returned to Lushunkou, the genuine Mrs. Jin Haibo became pregnant again.

She is now four months pregnant. She is already pregnant, and she is in an unstable period. Even if she wants to, she does not dare to let Yang Zhen get pregnant.

In fact, it was precisely for this reason that Qiu Bihan, who was "unbearable to be disturbed", drove Yang Zhen to the Chen Family Courtyard next to the backyard of the main town house one night in mid-May.

Chen Yuanyuan was born as an actress. She worked as a concubine in Wuzhong a few years ago. Of course, she was no longer perfect.

Now, by chance, the emperor ordered Yang Zhen, the famous general who conquered the east, to be his concubine. Although she felt sad about being treated as a plaything, she also felt a little bit of expectation and apprehension along the way.

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What she expected was that Yang Zhen, the famous general who conquered the east, would be as praised by people in the capital as an indomitable man and a great man, the Duke of Gongun, and her talent and appearance were not in vain.

What makes her uneasy is, can a man as famous as Yang Zhen, a handsome man, be interested in a so-called famous actress like her who is bought and sold?

Although she was very confident in her talent and beauty, she was also worried that Yang Zhen, who came from a family of generals, would look down on her and only treat her as an ordinary prostitute.

Of course, she was also worried that Yang Zhen would be a rude and arrogant warrior who did not know how to appreciate her, a famous Wuzhong actress.

However, after arriving in Jinhai Town, especially after her first meeting with Yang Zhen outside the main town hall, her worries immediately disappeared.

However, what followed, or what made her even more uneasy, was that Yang Zhen, who was known as Jin Haibo, already had the title of Mrs. Jin Haibo.

In fact, on the way to Jinhai Town, she was thinking about what kind of person Mrs. Jin Haibo would be, how she would treat her, and how to deal with her.

After arriving at Lushunkou, especially after being sent to the other courtyard of the main town hall, this anxiety and worry became even more intense.

You must know that her last benefactor, after buying her back as a concubine, sold her back to Liyuan Branch because the main wife of the family could not accommodate her.

After much tossing and turning, he was forcibly bought by the powerful people of the capital and brought to the capital, where he ended up in the home of Tian Guozhang.

Now, by chance, she was rewarded by the emperor and given to Yang Zhen. It's not that she no longer worries about being sold or given away by Yang Zhen, but she has to worry about how the main wife of Jin Haibo's house will treat her.

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Therefore, after arriving at Jin Haibo's house, she insisted on the etiquette of saying hello in the morning and evening to Jin Haibo's wife Qiu Bihan, and she did not dare to stop it for a day.

Sure enough, Mrs. Jin Haibo saw that she knew how to behave and obeyed the rules. Although she was still quite indifferent to her, she finally accepted her existence.

Two months passed like this, and one day in May, Qiu Bihan personally went to the other courtyard where she lived and told her to bathe and cleanse herself every day and prepare to sleep at any time.

Sure enough, one night, full of expectations, she had already extinguished the fire in her heart and went to sleep, but she was suddenly called open the door, and Mrs. Jin Haibo personally led Yang Zhen into her room.

That night, everything Chen Yuan expected happened suddenly.

And she also tried her best to flatter and cater to Yang Zhen, greedily and wantonly catering to the man she would rely on for the rest of her life.

For Yang Zhen, Chen Yuan is not a perfect jade, which makes him somewhat regretful.

But after all, he came from an era when things were flourishing a few hundred years later, so he didn't care too much about this.

In fact, Yang Zhen had already guessed this after confirming her identity.

After all, Chen Yuanyuan is also a miserable person, and her previous life was beyond her control.

And if it weren't for the chance she had now, if she hadn't been sent to Yang Zhen, then the rest of her life would still be a tragic song.

And now, she has become Jin Haibo's "fourth lady" known to almost everyone in Jinhai Town, completely changing the tragic fate of the beautiful woman who was initially fought over and finally abandoned.

Around midnight on the ninth day of July in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Yang Zhen, who had everything sorted and arranged, led Li Lu and others, waved goodbye to the generals who were seeing them off at the Westport Pier in Lushunkou, and boarded the specially-entered port.

Pick up his Yingzhou and set sail out of the harbor.

On the sea outside the harbor, the Yingzhou reunited with the main force of the newly-organized South Road Naval Battalion that was waiting there and the soldiers of the Eastern Expedition Army who had already boarded the ship, and then rode the wind and waves directly to the southeast where Yingzhou Island is located.

Go.

The sea was stormy in July, but the weather was fine on July 9, the day Yang Zhen sent troops.

The fleet left Port Arthur and headed eastward. Although there were winds and waves on the sea, they were not big, and for a long section of the route, it was rare to have smooth winds and smooth water.

In addition to the pilots Guo Xiaowu, Yu Haichao and others, as well as their captains and helmsmen, they were already familiar with the sea route to and from Yingzhou Island.

Therefore, although there were some wind and rain along the way, after traveling day and night, after two days and two nights of sailing, we finally arrived at the waters near Yingzhou Island at noon on July 11th.

Wang Defa, who had returned to Yingzhou Island a few days earlier to report the news, and Lin Qingye's adopted son Lin Chongfan, together with several patrol boats, had been waiting for them in the waters west of Yingzhou Island for a long time.

"Qiu Guangyi, the counselor-general of Yingzhou in Jinhai Town, pays homage to the Governor. The Governor has worked hard all the way!"

"Chen Shunong, the governor of Jinhai Town, Tuntong Magistrate, paid a visit to the Governor, congratulated him on the great victory in Zhenjiang, and also led him here!"

In the port of Seogwipo, the Yangzhou ship on which Yang Zhen was riding had just docked. Qiu Guangyi and Chen Shunong happily boarded the Yeongzhou ship to pay homage to Yang Zhen.

Yang Zhen had previously appointed Qiu Guangyi as the military commander of Yingzhou Island. At the same time, he had not long ago asked Wang Defa to bring the magistrate he had invited to Chen Shunong to the island.

So at this moment, Qiu Guangyi and Chen Shunong met Yang Zhen and paid homage to him with their new official positions.

"Okay, okay, okay, no gifts, no gifts! You have worked hard too!"

Yang Zhen met the two of them on the spacious top deck of the Yingzhou. He was in a good mood. He first accepted their greetings generously, then stepped forward with a smile, bowed to help them up one by one, and greeted them repeatedly.

Qiu Guangyi is the younger brother of Qiu Zhenhai. According to the clan system, he is the uncle of Jin Haibo's wife Qiu Bihan. In this way, he is also an elder of Yang Zhen.

Although he is now a general under Yang Zhen's command and a subordinate, Yang Zhen can't be too trusting in front of him.

As for Chen Shunong, who was sent by Yang Zhen to teach potato cultivation, he had already won Yang Zhen's respect and appreciation for his hard work.

Now, after many years, Yang Zhen saw them again on Yingzhou Island, an overseas territory in Jinhai Town, and he naturally had a different feeling in his heart.

However, before Yang Zhen could express his emotions, Qiu Guangyi, who had just been helped up from the deck by Yang Zhen, already said to Yang Zhen with a smile:

"Captain, I have good news to report to the Governor. Just yesterday, Lin Tongyu sent someone back to deliver a message. Goto Morikiyo, the second son of the Goto clan, surrendered to Lin Tongyu's troops on Uku Island! The Goto clan was destroyed.
Chapter completed!